Hardan’s defense attorney, Alissa Hascup, told the judge that Hardan’s strict Muslim upbringing had caused her to send raunchy photos and engage in sex acts with the male teens.

De la Carrera, the judge, seems to have bought Hascup’s argument, at least partially.

“She had classmates and friends, but somehow, perhaps because of limitations on her dating life, she didn’t find the proper outlet among males of her own age,” De la Carrera said, according to The Record. “She did not learn how to interact with guys her age.”

‘Hindus and Muslims belong to two different religious philosophies, social customs and literary traditions. They neither intermarry nor eat together, and indeed they belong to two different civilisations which are based mainly on conflicting ideas and conceptions.’ Muhammad Ali Jinnah